Facile synthesis of ZnO flowers modified graphene like MoS2 sheets for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity and antibacterial properties

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 682, Issue , 2016, Pages 208-215

  Awasthi, Ganesh Prasad ^a   Adhikari, Surya Prasad ^a,b   Ko, Sungwon ^a   Kim, Han Joo ^a   Park, Chan Hee ^a   Kim, Cheol Sang ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibacterial property; Photocatalytic activity; Sheet like MoS2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ENAMELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOFLOWERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; ELECTRON HOLE RECOMBINATION RATE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SHEET-LIKE;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84966344869     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.267     Document Type: Article

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